Another Place, Antony Gormley's statues on the beach, at Crosby, Merseyside, it was cold and early in the morning, I will add, and write more in time, but for now, some images, hope you like them :-)

Liver Bird, St Georges and Buffer Stops...

Ok well, my first day with the Camera, was just a quick hop and jump in and around Liverpool, I emerged blinking and somewhat dazed out of Lime Street (Underground) Station, into the main Station It's self, and thought, hey those buffer stops look nice, so this, to be honest is my very first shot, and quite pleased with it, the bright red helps, and way back when, we knew how to build train stations, Lime Street being a prime example, so in the interests of kind of being chronological, and the first thing that took my fancy pressed click, and moved on into the teaming metropolis known to mere mortals as Liverpool (bookah la).

St George's Hall is sited directly opposite Lime Street, and hey, if your going to have an arriving view, there is little to beat this, its a bit like the Parthenon in Athens, though covered in a work a day layer of grime, it is one hell of a building. So got a low down angle, to capture the light reflecting and pressed click, hey, what a view, with huge columns, and fantastic cobblestones, glad I landed here now, Liverpool is an amazing backdrop.

It's lunch though, and having had a hefty old morning, and somewhat lighter of wallet what with Camera purchase, darted off towards some Grace and refreshment. A pit stop near Matthew Street (Costa Coffee & Pannini yay), and a date with the previously blogged John Lennon, eventually led me to the 3 graces on the waterfront at Liverpool's Pier Head. The Liver Building is quite a statement, it's a bit like a bit of Manhattan transposed to the Mersey, this the point where many a person left for the New World in New York, and Liverpool's defining image, complete with Liver Birds. The other two Grace's are The Cunard Building, and The Port Of Liverpool Building, though a fourth Grace is currently being constructed, a scaled down version of the winner of an architectural competition called 'The Cloud', I can't imagine this could detract from the main event, The Liver Building was recently voted the most recognisable in Britain (after Big Ben), and I think the 3 Graces are a fine and proud vision, of an amazing City, and old hope I have done it some kind of justice. The Pier Head is the departing site for the famous ferry, but I'll save that trip for another day (it did look a bit choppy folks!), and had a long enough day.

Hope you like my first trip out, my new camera being a complex bit of kit, I was kind of more into composition, rather than bracketing exposure, so hope you can be kind to my mistakes initially, lovely weather though, which helps...cheers :-)

Just Like Starting Over.....My First Day With My Camera!

Well we all have to start somewhere, and, having fretted for weeks, and saved up hard (for months!), I spent an uncertain Friday night pondering the Jessops web page, Cannon or Nikon?, what type of Lens?, how do I cope with all this fancy Photographic jargon?, am I worthy and so on.... Anyway, thought I'd have a bottle of beer (it was Friday after all), and having viewed both Cannon and Nikon, could not for the living life of me decide between the two main Photo giants, so tossed a coin (Cannon EOS1000D was the result), phew, that bit over, need another beer...and poured myself another (it's Friday night for heavens sake!). Anyway, still not splurged on anything yet, best to start filling in my details, this went on for some time, they needed an awful lot of details, the main ones being my credit card details :=(, ...best get another beer I think (its kind of getting late now).

Anyway, finally, and with a bit of trepidation on my very own part, but hey, bit of bravado induced by 3 bottles of Old Rasping Barking Mad Dog Ale (or something like that), pressed the go button, and....your camera will be ready for collection tomorrow morning Sir, and on the the wide world of Digital Photography.

The above photo of John Lennon, on Matthew Street, in Liverpool is one of the first shots, and though not a massive fan of Black and White photography, I think he looks cooler this way (to be honest, I think he looks cool from any angle), and just couldn't resist, particularly being a huge fan of The Beatles. I know that the tourist trail in Liverpool can be a bit over the top, Magical Mystery Tour, and Yellow Duckmarine and all, but feel this statue, and dedicated bricks on the wall is kind of cool and fitting,and Matthew Street is where it all began. So for my very first post, and on my first little adventure with new camera, John Lennon it is, and hope you like him, he looks great, just kind of hanging out there :-)